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Adventures in the Forgotten Realms - Prerelease Weekend Thread

The moment we have been eagerly waiting for! The first standard set prerelease weekend with (hopefully even safer) return to play! If you haven't been through this with us at r/magictcg before, here's how it works:

We know that lots of you are playing events, picking up kits this weekend, and or picking up some early product. You're going to want advice before you play, you'll want to share cool stories, talk about what cards you pulled/played, which dungeon crawling experience was your favorite, and all sorts of other stuff!

With over 469,900 (nice) people (at the time of typing this) subscribed to this subreddit, and y'all who aren't subscribed to this subreddit, it would be quite the flood of posts over the next few days. So during prerelease weekend, we'll put up a consolidated thread and ask that everyone to post in here, instead of making separate posts.

That means absolutely anything you want to ask, discuss, tell stories about, or show off regarding Adventures in the Forgotten Realms prerelease needs to go in this thread and only this thread!

Prerelease weekends are honestly some of the most exciting times of the year for Magic players and we want to hear ALL about it!

Also: do not offer or ask for Arena codes here. We tried allowing that once and it resulted in a thread that was useless: codes get claimed immediately, all the comments were disappointed people spamming "Anyone got another code?" It's just not a fun time. We'd like people to actually be able to discuss their prerelease experiences without having to wade through a thousand comments worth of that, so we will not be allowing people to transact Arena codes here.

Wizards Community Team

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago (Source)

Went undefeated at my LGS today.

Turns out that [[Teleportation Circle]] is really good with those cards that venture when ETB, the white uncommon that draws cards and gains life ETB, the black dragon, the....

I would start out by making horrible trades because I knew I could win the long game.

Congratulations!
Wizards Community Team

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago (Source)

I think I might go to my first ever prerelease tonight (or this weekend). What do I need to bring? Lands? Dice? Sleeves?

I've only played Arena for the most part, some casual kitchen table paper play years ago.

How the heck are we going to venture into the dungeon on paper? How do you keep track of things!?! Agh!

edit: I went! it was cool! I won some games!

Your Prerelease pack will contain all the essentials you need to play. You'll notice some players bring additional supplies from home, but it's personal preference and not required. The most common accessories are: A notepad and pen to keep track of life totals, sleeves for your deck, a playmat with your favorite art, and a handful of dice. You can also keep track of life totals and roll dice digitally using the Magic Companion App on your phone.

Prerelease events are super welcoming and a great way to get started with tabletop Magic. If you feel nervous, don't worry. There will likely be at least one person there learning Magic for the very first time, as well as plenty of experienced players who can help answer any questions you might have. We hope you have fun!
Wizards Community Team

Posted 2 years, 9 months ago (Source)

Sooo I’ve been playing MTG for little bit over a month with my really experienced friends who taught me how to, I am still very very green when it comes to building a deck (that’s why I fell in love with jumpstart) and yet, they convinced me to go to the event (my first ever) and so in this comment I want to share with you how it went! So first of all, I had the luckiest draw ever. My promo card was a foiled Circle of dreams Druid, and then one of the pack contained a Demilich! I built a green and blue deck which I felt nowhere confident with and the matches started. I lost heavily the first one and than the last two were suuuper long and I had lost one of them, but then the second one ended in a draw, which was enough to win one draft booster! I was super happy and I felt great after the games, but then this one pack that I won contained a Tiamat!! I was so happy!

If you have read until the end, thank you very much, I appreciate it, and wish you have a good day :>

Also, I was the only girl there among the 20 contestants and that felt really freaking stressful, though I think I will someday go the this type of event again

It makes us so happy to hear you had a great time at your first Prerelease! Hopefully it will be the first of many more to come!

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Went undefeated at my LGS today.</p>

<p>Turns out that [[Teleportation Circle]] is really good with those cards that venture when ETB, the white uncommon that draws cards and gains life ETB, the black dragon, the....</p>

<p>I would start out by making horrible trades because I knew I could win the long game.</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Congratulations!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ol9fyj/adventures_in_the_forgotten_realms_prerelease/h5gsp2m">Wizards Community Team</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>I think I might go to my first ever prerelease tonight (or this weekend).  What do I need to bring?  Lands? Dice?  Sleeves?</p>

<p>I've only played Arena for the most part, some casual kitchen table paper play years ago.  </p>

<p>How the heck are we going to venture into the dungeon on paper? How do you keep track of things!?! Agh!</p>

<p>edit: I went! it was cool! I won some games!</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Your Prerelease pack will contain all the essentials you need to play. You'll notice some players bring additional supplies from home, but it's personal preference and not required. The most common accessories  are: A notepad and pen to keep track of life totals, sleeves for your deck, a playmat with your favorite art, and a handful of dice. You can also keep track of life totals and roll dice digitally using the Magic Companion App on your phone. </p>

<p>Prerelease events are super welcoming and a great way to get started with tabletop Magic. If you feel nervous, don't worry. There will likely be at least one person there learning Magic for the very first time, as well as plenty of experienced players who can help answer any questions you might have. We hope you have fun!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ol9fyj/adventures_in_the_forgotten_realms_prerelease/h5gvyth">Wizards Community Team</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Sooo I’ve been playing MTG for little bit over a month with my really experienced friends who taught me how to, I am still very very green when it comes to building a deck (that’s why I fell in love with jumpstart) and yet, they convinced me to go to the event (my first ever) and so in this comment I want to share with you how it went!
So first of all, I had the luckiest draw ever. My promo card was a foiled Circle of dreams Druid, and then one of the pack contained a Demilich! I built a green and blue deck which I felt nowhere confident with and the matches started. I lost heavily the first one and than the last two were suuuper long and I had lost one of them, but then the second one ended in a draw, which was enough to win one draft booster! I was super happy and I felt great after the games, but then this one pack that I won contained a Tiamat!! I was so happy!</p>

<p>If you have read until the end, thank you very much, I appreciate it, and wish you have a good day :></p>

<p>Also, I was the only girl there among the 20 contestants and that felt really freaking stressful, though I think I will someday go the this type of event again</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>It makes us so happy to hear you had a great time at your first Prerelease! Hopefully it will be the first of many more to come!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ol9fyj/adventures_in_the_forgotten_realms_prerelease/h5pi8z4">Wizards Community Team</a>)
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<p><div class="md"><p>Congratulations!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ol9fyj/adventures_in_the_forgotten_realms_prerelease/h5gsp2m">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Your Prerelease pack will contain all the essentials you need to play. You'll notice some players bring additional supplies from home, but it's personal preference and not required. The most common accessories  are: A notepad and pen to keep track of life totals, sleeves for your deck, a playmat with your favorite art, and a handful of dice. You can also keep track of life totals and roll dice digitally using the Magic Companion App on your phone. </p>

<p><div class="md"><p>It makes us so happy to hear you had a great time at your first Prerelease! Hopefully it will be the first of many more to come!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ol9fyj/adventures_in_the_forgotten_realms_prerelease/h5pi8z4">Source</a>)</p>
    
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